历时 meaning in English

lìshí

to last; to take (time)

HSK 7-9verbadjectiveTraditional 歷時11 strokes

Meaning of 历时

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lìshí
  1. to last
  2. to take (time)
  3. period
  4. diachronic

历时 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

世shì上shàng第dì一yī架jià飞fēi机jī是shì在zài一yī九jiǔ零líng三sān年nián起qǐ飞fēi的de,整zhěng个gè过guò程chéng历lì时shí十shí二èr秒miǎo。
The first airplane flew in 1903 for twelve seconds.

Stroke order for each character

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历 lì · history · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

时 shí · o'clock · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 历时.

时候shíhoutime; length of time
时间shíjiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
小时xiǎoshíhour
有时yǒushísometimes; now and then
有时候yǒushíhousometimes
当时dāngshíthen; at that time
那时nà shíthen; at that time
同时tóngshíat the same time; simultaneously
随时suíshíat any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
平时píngshíordinarily; in normal times
这时候zhè shíhou

Questions about 历时

What does 历时 mean?

历时 (lìshí) means "to last; to take (time)" and is used as a verb and adjective.

How do you write 历时?

历时 is made of 2 characters: 历 (4 strokes), 时 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 历时 an HSK word?

Yes. 历时 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 历时 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 历时 is written 歷時.